Four North Carolina patients at a single hospital tested positive for a type of swine flu that is resistant to Tamiflu, health officials said Friday.

A retired British couple snatched from their yacht by Somali pirates said in an interview broadcast Friday they fear they could be killed within a week or handed to a terrorist group if a ransom demand is not paid.

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A woman accused of cutting in line in a Wal-Mart, shoving merchandise and assaulting police officers took the stand Friday and denied all charges in the racially charged case.

Source: Reuters (For more flu stories click on [ID:nWORLDFLU]) * Disease may be on the wane in Northern Hemisphere * New peaks could come at any time * Drug-resistant strains not yet worrying By Maggie Fox, ...